Foss Rudder

A tip on the rudder; we ordered the beautiful foam rudder for our 36. I had to shave from centerline of shaft to forward, a taper going from about zero to 1/2 inch (grind), and then reglass after fairing shape, allowing for new curved edges and proper fair overlap of cloth and epoxy. It came out nice, then we painted on barrier coat and then paint, and installed. With a thin bushing washer. I was somewhat surprised to have found a bubble(void) on the surface I had to removed, but I filled it before glassing. Tip #2; the drilling for the top end of the shaft was not precisely side to side or front to back. A machinist friend of ours matched the old one after measuring...It was laid on our truck bed and the angle it created allowed a vertical line which then lined up with the angle of the tiller head bolthole. We also have a 2-27 But haven't been to the harbor to check shaft diameter. Helen